July 16th 06, 12:54 AM
posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
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oil blow out IO-360
I am curious, what is your oil temp in those 'HOT'" conditions?
Ben
Mike Noel wrote:
The change in oil consumption may be cause for concern as already mentioned,
but as to the cooling effect of the extra couple of quarts of oil, I have
never seen my A4A run cooler on 8 quarts than on 6 (It's about 115 F here
today.) It consistently uses 1 quart every 8 hours which is not unusual for
this type engine. I have seen discussions about very low oil consumption
being a cause for concern because it may cause lubrication issues in the
cylinders.
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Best Regards,
Mike
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...
I have an IO-360-A3B6 900 SFNEW in '97. I used to be able to keep about
7 quarts in it without it blowing out. Now it seems to be blowing oil
down to about 5.5 quarts. Since I live in the 100F OATs part of the
country, the extra oil really helps cooling.
Should I worry about what is causing the extra oil blow out or just
chock it up to an aging engine. I know some engines always blow out to
6ish quarts.
If I shouldn't worry about the extra blow out I'll just put a separator
on it, but I don't want to mask a problem first. One recent change is
we raised the oil pressure since the regulator had been slipping prior
to annual.
-Robert
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